They Are Marching Down On High Street chords by Ye Banished Privateers

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse:
    E minorEm              G+G
Down in Old Wapping docks, near the banks and the rocks
      D MajorD               E minorEm
Where the gibbets use to sing across the Thames
   E minorEm            G+G
Every now and every then with a silver oar with them
   D MajorD             E minorEm
The Marshals come to visit our block

Verse:
    E minorEm              G+G
If you cannot pay your rent, off to prison you'll be sent
          D MajorD              E minorEm
Where the gaolers entertain you in their stoney hall
     E minorEm                G+G
Like the tattooed one armed creature, they call the Newgate Preacher
      D MajorD           E minorEm
For his tales of liberty he must repent

Chorus:
     G+G            D MajorD
Hear the royal drums beat and the marching of their feet
   E minorEm            G+G   D MajorD
A augmentedA procession is coming down on High Street
   G+G             D MajorD
And bound to depart they have shackled to their cart
   C majorC        B minorBm       E minorEm
The poor lad who is heading for the docks

Verse:
      E minorEm           G+G
But for my own felony, there will be no clemency
   D MajorD             E minorEm
As a gentleman of fortune I did serve
    E minorEm              G+G
Now I’m rolling out of jail, and my final quart of ale
      D MajorD            E minorEm
Has been paid for by the Marshall Deputy

Chorus:
     G+G            D MajorD
Hear the royal drums beat and the marching of their feet
   E minorEm            G+G   D MajorD
A augmentedA procession is coming down on High Street
   G+G             D MajorD
And bound to depart they have shackled to their cart
   C majorC        B minorBm       E minorEm
The poor lad who is heading for the docks

Verse:
     E minorEm          G+G
For this morbid dalliance, In hope to catch a glance
  D MajorD              E minorEm
My audience has come to see my dance
     E minorEm               G+G
Like the withered William Kidd, who I'll now be hanging with
    D MajorD                E minorEm
As the cart towards the docks has well advanced

Verse:
    E minorEm               G+G
I can see my house from here. See, I grew up over there
     D MajorD                E minorEm
And I'm still a whipping boy, to this I swear
    E minorEm              G+G
As the chaplain reads his prayers, I climb the wooden stairs
    D MajorD                   E minorEm
And my true love stands there staring at the snare

Chorus:
     G+G            D MajorD
Hear the royal drums beat and the marching of their feet
   E minorEm            G+G   D MajorD
A augmentedA procession is coming down on High Street
   G+G             D MajorD
And bound to depart they have shackled to their cart
   C majorC        B minorBm       E minorEm
The poor lad who is heading for the docks

Chorus:
     G+G       D MajorD
Oh close your eyes walk away now my love
   E minorEm                  G+G D MajorD
Don’t be here when the tide leaves in the morning
   G+G          D MajorD
And I'll see you at the heavenly gates
     C majorC        B minorBm     E minorEm
Where my face will be as handsome as today

Chorus:
     G+G            D MajorD
Hear the royal drums beat and the marching of their feet
   E minorEm            G+G   D MajorD
A augmentedA procession is coming down on High Street
   G+G             D MajorD
And bound to depart they have shackled to their cart
   C majorC        B minorBm       E minorEm
The poor lad who is heading for the docks

Chorus:
     G+G            D MajorD
Hear the royal drums beat and the marching of their feet
   E minorEm            G+G   D MajorD
A augmentedA procession is coming down on High Street
   G+G             D MajorD
And bound to depart they have shackled to their cart
   C majorC        B minorBm       E minorEm
The poor lad who is heading for the docks